The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-05-28

,teration. As. .for coffse, you don't IS.
slie to- be aiixeS VIA ;chicoryy. col IAN ANYHOW. o.
and very, probably With roasted acorns.
beans, mahogany sawd;,st or old tan.
Baked horse-liyer occasionally; but
that's an extreme case. If by any re-
mote chance there WASN'T ANYTHING
wrong in the original coffee, you get it
In the chicory; and very often there are
saios sses IN '' both 81 9yoa get 'em
''If that's the case, no more ground
coffee for NE. We'll grind our own,
and then we are Sure itS be safe.n ,bss IS
ssYs0M mustn't ma Ike too Scocksure Of
that. Some years ago an ingenious
shrm TOOK out a patent for q machine
to mould chicory into the shape of cof-
fee berries. i, Sharp. chaps ,thosel And
OF course they can put any ything they
like into the chicory before they, work.
it up.'' 3gsssS ~ "a s5S: 9'ss5i E@sS
''That's pleasant. certainly. 81 Then,
how Is one to secure pure coffeepn
You can't secure 1T except by send.
ing a Sample to 6sus, or como other shop
OF the same sort, to have it analyzed;
ana II It's wrong, prosecute your gro
Ger for adulteratlon.A After doing chat
few times, he might find 1t didn't pay
and give 1t up."s&Ny s}8$tft &ya {l(.
"And how much would that costPn
Analysis OF a sample OF coffee, one
guinea; analysis Of butter, five guineas;
analysis of milk. one guinea;s analysis
OF tea, one guinea. Those are the
regular charges for private, analyses"
leather expensive, 1t seems. And
how much would it cost to prosecuteP''
"Ah, that 1 can't tell you," said the
analyst. Another flyer, or more, I
dare say. But look at the satisfaction. .
l did look 1t it, and ultimately
decided to give my grocer the benefit
OF the doubt, and cherish fond hope
that he was better than his fellows.
The subject dropped. But a few days
later there was ,apple-pudding on the
table. With the dish in question my
analyst had always been in tue habit
Of consuming brown sugar and good
deal of it. Now, however, on the
sugar r-basln-best Demarara- being Of
fered to him, he put on an expression
as IL he had been invited to partake Of
black draught. 4
Raw sugarl No, thank you.''
"Hello, what's wrong with the sugarp
Is that adulterated, too?"
''Very probably" he loftily replied.
"But that's small matter. The
genuine article Is bad enough"
''Bad enoughl'' Il Indignantly inter-
posed my analysts mamma. "That's
Mr.. Critics very best moist-three-
pence three farthings poundl" " %
Il d IRE say it Is. If it was four
pence it wouldn't make any difference.
Did you ever hear Of the sugar-mlte,
1cdratS Sacchari-" .as-F@
mo; can't say ever did," said,
'and l don't want to, either. We
have had enough Of this sort OF thing,
and I am not going to have any more
agonies over every article we eat." 4,3
3 L had again put my foot down. But it
was too late. had even forbidden my
analyst, under penalty Of forfeiture Of
his pocket money for several months to
come, telling us anything whatever
about the food we eat or the drink we
imbibe; but the mischief was done.
have lost my confidence in my fellow.
man, and still more in my fellow -man's
rodactions. il may try in an imper.
feet way to protect our household. l
may give the strictest orders that none
but the relnedest Of sugar shall be
admitted into our store cupboard; but
who Is to answer for the man who
makes the jam and the marmalade, or
the other man who makes the Madeira
cakes and the three.cornered tarrsP
And how much is there that we have
not heard2 I have silenced my ana
lyst's lips, 1t is true, but there is also
language Of the eyes, and still more
language Of the nose, and when,
with a scornful tlp-tilt of the latter, lie
says; "No, thank YOU" to anything,
my appetite Is destroyed for that meal.
| can't take pill or black draught
without my disordered Imagination
picturlng my chemist 'spestllng poi:
soned poison" behind his counter.
can't even eat new-lald egg or crack
a nut without wondering what it Is
adulterated with. This is morbid, no
doubt, am quite aware that it is
morbid, but can't help it. I am like
Governor Sancho in the island Of Bara.
taria; my choicest dishes are whisked
away from me-or rendered nauseous.
which is as bad-at the bidding of a
grim being who calls himself Analyti-
cal Science. He may not know any
thing about 1T, or he may be lying; bat
meanwhile he has spoilt my appetite,
and the dish may go away untasted for
me. '"'t
Truly, q little knowledge is a danger
Gus thing. The moral Of my painful
story Is obvious. intend to bring up
the rest Of my, family, If possible, to
occupations involving no knowledge
whichever.
.ss, Il, .aasss
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